A qualitative approach to measure the effectiveness of active avian influenza virus surveillance with respect to its cost: A case study from Switzerland

Howe, K. S.; Hauser, R.; Stärk, K. D. C.

doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.12.010

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“…In practice, about 50% of all genomic economic evaluations adopt a wider societal perspective (26). Among the studies reviewed, half applied a narrow perspective (10,27,28,29). The other half adopted a wider societal perspective, with some combining the narrow and societal approaches, by considering the costs of a specific system, and comparing these with the benefits accruing to users/patients and the wider societal impacts (30,31,32,33).…”

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Developing a framework to assess the costeffectiveness of COMPARE – a global platform for the exchange of sequence-based pathogen data

Alleweldt¹,

Kara²,

Osinski³

et al. 2017

Rev. Sci. Tech. OIE

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Analysing the genomic data of pathogens with the help of next-generation sequencing (NGS) is an increasingly important part of disease outbreak investigations and helps guide responses. While this technology has already been successfully employed to elucidate and control disease outbreaks, wider implementation of NGS also depends on its cost-effectiveness. COMPARE - short for 'Collaborative Management Platform for detection and Analyses of (Re-) emerging and foodborne outbreaks' - is a major project, funded by the European Union, to develop a global platform for sharing and analysing NGS data and thereby improve the rapid identification, containment and mitigation of emerging infectious diseases and foodborne outbreaks. This article introduces the project and presents the results of a review of the literature, composed of previous relevant cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses. The authors also outline the implications for a methodological framework to assess the costeffectiveness of COMPARE and similar systems.

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“…A number of different time frames were applied in the studies reviewed, from studies focusing on a reference period of six months (10) or a year (27,31) to time frames of five to 15 years (30,32). For other studies, the time frame was either unspecified or insignificant, depending on the research question.…”

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Developing a framework to assess the costeffectiveness of COMPARE – a global platform for the exchange of sequence-based pathogen data

Alleweldt¹,

Kara²,

Osinski³

et al. 2017

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“…Planning is a forward looking or ex-ante activity. The empirical analyses that underpin the Switzerland project showed that mainly only ex-post appraisal of decisions already taken was possible [13–15]. Moreover, benefit-cost or cost-effectiveness analysis were the only evaluation methods currently feasible.…”

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Economic principles for resource allocation decisions at national level to mitigate the effects of disease in farm animal populations

2012

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SUMMARYThis paper originated in a project to develop a practical, generic tool for the economic evaluation of surveillance for farm animal diseases at national level by a state veterinary service. Fundamental to that process is integration of epidemiological and economic perspectives. Using a generalized example of epidemic disease, we show that an epidemic curve maps into its economic equivalent, a disease mitigation function, that traces the relationship between value losses avoided and mitigation resources expended. Crucially, elementary economic principles show that mitigation, defined as loss reduction achieved by surveillance and intervention, must be explicitly conceptualized as a three-variable process, and the relative contributions of surveillance and intervention resources investigated with regard to the substitution possibilities between them. Modelling the resultant mitigation surfaces for different diseases should become a standard approach to animal health policy analysis for economic efficiency, a contribution to the evolving agenda for animal health economics research.

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“…The conceptual framework outlined above was developed as part of a project commissioned by the Swiss Federal Veterinary Office. Its objective was to construct a practical yet conceptually robust tool for the economic evaluation of surveillance, and set the context for case studies of ongoing surveillance programmes in Switzerland (Häsler et al , 2012a, 2012b, 2012c). Data collection protocols were developed in accordance with the principles described above, and data collected from a wide range of sources.…”

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Evaluating the Role of Surveillance in National Policies for Animal Health  Évaluer le rôle de la surveillance dans les politiques nationales de santé animale  Evaluation der Bedeutung der Kontrolle staatlicher Politikmaßnahmen zur Sicherung der Tiergesundheit

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2012

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summary Evaluating the Role of Surveillance in National Policies for Animal Health Surveillance is an increasingly important component of policies aimed at mitigating the effects of animal disease, and as a focus for evaluation of its economic worth. This article results from a project commissioned by the Swiss Federal Veterinary Office to develop a practical, generic tool for the economic evaluation of animal disease surveillance programmes. The first task was to define surveillance, and to consider its role in relation to intervention, the other component of mitigation. Surveillance cannot be properly evaluated without reference to intervention, because it guides the nature and scope of intervention resource use. In economic terms, surveillance and intervention are usually substitutes, though the relationship between them varies according to the stage of mitigation. Mitigation objectives are commonly presented in terms of a reduction in disease prevalence or incidence, both technical measures of disease occurrence, but it is the value of losses avoided relative to the costs of surveillance and intervention that matters for animal health policy. Though cost‐effectiveness and cost–benefit analyses are the main economic evaluation techniques currently used, the research agenda to underpin animal health policy should extend to estimation of disease‐specific technical relationships between losses avoided, surveillance, and intervention, founded on close integration of economics and veterinary epidemiology.

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A qualitative approach to measure the effectiveness of active avian influenza virus surveillance with respect to its cost: A case study from Switzerland

Cited by 10 publications

References 15 publications

Developing a framework to assess the costeffectiveness of COMPARE – a global platform for the exchange of sequence-based pathogen data

Developing a framework to assess the costeffectiveness of COMPARE – a global platform for the exchange of sequence-based pathogen data

Economic principles for resource allocation decisions at national level to mitigate the effects of disease in farm animal populations

Evaluating the Role of Surveillance in National Policies for Animal Health  Évaluer le rôle de la surveillance dans les politiques nationales de santé animale  Evaluation der Bedeutung der Kontrolle staatlicher Politikmaßnahmen zur Sicherung der Tiergesundheit

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A qualitative approach to measure the effectiveness of active avian influenza virus surveillance with respect to its cost: A case study from Switzerland

Cited by 10 publications

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Developing a framework to assess the costeffectiveness of COMPARE – a global platform for the exchange of sequence-based pathogen data

Developing a framework to assess the costeffectiveness of COMPARE – a global platform for the exchange of sequence-based pathogen data

Economic principles for resource allocation decisions at national level to mitigate the effects of disease in farm animal populations

Evaluating the Role of Surveillance in National Policies for Animal Health Évaluer le rôle de la surveillance dans les politiques nationales de santé animale Evaluation der Bedeutung der Kontrolle staatlicher Politikmaßnahmen zur Sicherung der Tiergesundheit

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Evaluating the Role of Surveillance in National Policies for Animal Health  Évaluer le rôle de la surveillance dans les politiques nationales de santé animale  Evaluation der Bedeutung der Kontrolle staatlicher Politikmaßnahmen zur Sicherung der Tiergesundheit